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chez:
DO ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE A 444.MY YOUNGEST SON WANTS ONE NOW.We have 57 rifles between me and my 2 boys.I have a 4570 i told him he can use.Its brand new MARLIN GUIDE Beautiful gun.I never killed anything with it.I bought it for driving the bear.Since then i have quit hunting bear.I thought the 444 and the 4570.Were close to the same.He is insisting on getting this 444.
               I can pick up a used 444 for 450.00.Great deal.I heard they stopped making this caliber?My son wants to hunt deer with this gun .He is 16 years old,5/11 180lb.I think he can handle this gun but what will it do to a deer.I hunt deer with a 280.REM.My favorite caliber.My older son hunts deer with a 280 his favorite caliber.My youngest son used a 35 for 2 years and since then a 308.i own 4, 280s.But he dont want one.I found a used 35 WHALEN i wanted to buy him but he is insisting on the 444.
              Any input on this subject would be great.
oneshott:
I would have been happy to have one hunting gun at his age.  Why so stubborn? :-X
TallywackahME:
he should be able to handle the rifle with ease. they are very mild shooting. not overly powerful like most ppl seem to think. quite a differance between that and the 4570. 

not sure what u mean by not makin the 444 anymore? ammo?  both ammo and rifled chambered in 444 ARE still made.

"what will it do to a deer"?  i should hope it would cause its central nervous center to shut down ::) 

in a nut shell they have he terminal performance that duplicates the 44mag. (same projectile) but they have slightly longer legs.and i mean SLIGHTLY.

BTW, Whelen doesnt have an 'A' in it  ;)
aquaassassin:
I own a .444 and a whelen. Not sure why he wants the 444 so bad? It's the last of the 3 I would choose. All are great calibers and more than capable.

The recoil is no issue, .444 is what I started with at 10 years old.

I know if I refused a FREE rifle from my old man I wouldn't be hunting this year.
TallywackahME:
hahaha yea..... probly have a sore azz too
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